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LicensePocket instrument set, complete, in red leather folding wallet
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Pocket instrument set, complete, in red leather folding wallet, instruments by Matthews of London, 1846-1900
This instrument set is easily portable, designed to fit into a surgeon’s or physician’s pocket. It contains a range of instruments including bistouries, artery forceps, folding scalpels, lancets, forceps for dissection and dressing wounds, and a knife for cutting abscesses. Most of them are made from steel, copper and silver-plated metal and fold into protective tortoiseshell handles to make them easier and safer to carry.
The owner of this instrument set added some silk cord for sutures – for stitching up wounds.
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A500642
- Materials:
- leather and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 60 mm x 235 mm x 140 mm, .28kg
- type:
- surgical instrument set
Parts
Spatula, steel
Spatula, steel, silver-plated, by D.C. & Co., British, second half 19th century
- Measurements:
-
length 128 mm
width 15 mm
- Materials:
- steel (silver plated)
- Object Number:
- A500642 Pt2
- type:
- spatulae
Imray's aural scoop
Imray's aural scoop, steel and tortoiseshell, British, second half 19th century
- Measurements:
-
length 93 mm
width 10 mm
height 3 mm
- Materials:
- steel and tortoiseshell
- Object Number:
- A500642 Pt3
- type:
- aural scoops
Director and gouge
Director and gouge, silver-plated, by Matthews of London, 1846-1900
- Measurements:
-
length 126 mm
width 6 mm
height 6 mm
- Materials:
- metal (silver plated)
- Object Number:
- A500642 Pt4
Dressing forceps
Dressing forceps, steel, by Matthews of Portugal Street, London, 1846-1878
- Measurements:
-
length 118 mm
width 43 mm
height 5 mm
- Materials:
- steel
- Object Number:
- A500642 Pt5
- type:
- dressing forceps
Syme's abscess knife
Syme's abscess knife, steel and ivory, by Matthews of Portugal Street, London, 1846-1878
- Measurements:
-
open: length 124 mm
width 5 mm
height 13 mm
- Object Number:
- A500642 Pt6
- type:
- abscess knife
Double bistoury
Double bistoury, folding, steel and ivory, by Matthews of London, 1846-1900
Dissecting forceps
Dissecting forceps, steel, by Matthews of London, 1846-1900
- Measurements:
-
length 114 mm
width 26 mm
height 11 mm
- Materials:
- steel
- Object Number:
- A500642 Pt8
- type:
- dissecting forceps
Lancet, steel
Lancet, steel, in tortoiseshell sheath, by Millikin of London, 1838-1900
- Measurements:
-
length 56 mm
width 10 mm
height 2 mm
- Materials:
- steel and tortoiseshell
- Object Number:
- A500642 Pt9
- type:
- lancets
Liston artery forceps
Liston artery forceps, steel, by Matthews of London, 1846-1900
- Measurements:
-
length 121 mm
width 10 mm
height 8 mm
- Materials:
- steel
- Object Number:
- A500642 Pt10
- type:
- artery forceps
Gum lancet
Gum lancet, steel and ivory, by Matthews of London, 1846-1900
Bistoury, steel and ivory
Bistoury, steel and ivory, by Matthews of London, 1846-1900
- Measurements:
-
open: length 161 mm
width 5 mm
height 10 mm
- Object Number:
- A500642 Pt13
- type:
- bistouries
Caustic holder
Caustic holder, silver, by Matthews of London, 1846-1900
- Measurements:
-
length 115 mm
diameter 9 mm
- Materials:
- silver
- Object Number:
- A500642 Pt14
- type:
- caustic holders
Red leather folding wallet for Pocket surgical instrument set
Red leather folding wallet for Pocket surgical instrument set, by Matthews of London, 1846-1900
- Measurements:
-
wallet, closed: length 140 mm
wallet, closed: height 64 mm
wallet, closed: depth 45 mm
wallet, open: length 287 mm
wallet, open: width 132 mm
wallet, open: height 6 mm
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) and leather
- Object Number:
- A500642 Pt16
- type:
- instrument cases
